Mr Chameleon, who hijacked Islam? It was you and you are still doing it, it might turn out like the above!!!

New 'Imam Al-Nawawi 40 Hadith' module for Muslims only: Edu Ministry

P Dev Anand Pillai: It is now seen and confirmed that we are on our way to making our national schools “little madrasahs” (religious schools). If you talk about unity, our young should go to the same school as what we were used to in the days of secular Malaysia.

The introduction of these teachings - Imam Al-Nawawi 40 Hadith - will only make the already polarised national school demographics even worse. 

It is clear now that the Malays are not interested in this nation being secular like what it was when it was first born in 1957. It is sad to note that we are living to see this transformation take place. We don’t seem to have an option after all, it is either a highly corrupt, authoritarian and abusive administration or a highly inept, religiously domineering and flip-flop administration.

It looks like we would have to be prepared for what is to come and ensure that we stand united to face these challenges.

VGeorgemy: What else can Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek do for the salary she is earning? She hasn’t been exposed to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education stream during her schooling.

We have state religious departments headed by the sultans to vet and introduce the respective educational programmes in the religious schools. The education minister should only concentrate on the non-Islamic syllabus and streams in our national curriculum.  

The minister needs to know her role in the ministry in the first place. The Education Ministry in conservative Islamic countries in the Middle East only talks about non-Islamic subjects, such as STEM, for the students. At the same time, the religious affairs handle the Islamic education. We thought that the same was applicable here also.

We can only sympathise with the students at the national schools for the confused ministers and their leadership.

Koel: In the last few years and with the pandemic, the world has changed drastically. The world of Maths, sciences and social sciences has changed so drastically that the knowledge of today is quickly becoming obsolete.

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence are changing the nature of work. Many Asian countries are quickly playing catch up to keep up. Schools there are changing their emphases. However, our schools are nowhere near even understanding the different changes taking place in the different disciplines.

Many of our school students have very little general knowledge of matters outside of frivolous ones, like those on Facebook, or Instagram. Even some of our public universities are still using outdated modules in science, IT and information systems, among others.

We have limited funds from taxpayers for education purposes due to poor budget allocations. Much of that is being wasted. Do you see what people's concerns are? Teach ethics, philosophy and religious studies.

Teaching only one kind of religious knowledge for just one segment of society using taxpayer monies that should be spent on updating our schools, teachers and students is the work of people who are out of touch or couldn’t care less about the future of Malaysian children.

As for extremist ideology, a great deal is now already available online. How do you deal with that? Teach kids reasoning, critical thinking and media literacy to counter the overwhelming availability of brainwashing everywhere.  

Get them to read and debate widely on current issues and happenings around the world. Currently, kids lack that sort of grounding that is to be found in kids overseas and in neighbouring countries.

Stop infantilising students and pandering to cheap tastes of what they can and cannot do. That is how you can prepare them.

PurpleGropher1703: DAP has lost its voice and compass, fearful of the race/religious “Green Wave” shadow to the point that they are now blind, deaf and dumb to the worries of the populace who voted them in to champion a fair and peaceful existence.

Never has anyone asked for a non-Malay prime minister, to turn Chinese or Tamil into the national language or prohibit anyone from converting to the religion they choose.

Many have asked for a society where everyone, regardless of race, religion and wealth can coexist in peace and be friends. The recent toxicity from certain parties is being compounded by the PM and home ministry trying to out Islam other parties.